Where Does Electric Blue Ram Cichlid Live?

Electric Blue Ram Cichlid lives in specific habitats. Knowing where to look helps you find and identify it.

Where to find Electric Blue Ram Cichlid

Water type

freshwater

Depth

Typically found in shallow, slow-moving waters, often less than 1 meter deep.

Environment

Blackwater and clearwater streams, rivers, and floodplains. They prefer areas with dense vegetation, submerged roots, leaf litter, and sandy or silty substrates. The water is typically soft and acidic.

Geographic range

Orinoco River basin in Venezuela and Colombia, South America. The Electric Blue Ram is a captive-bred variant, so its specific 'wild' range is the same as the wild-type Mikrogeophagus ramirezi.

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